2016高考英语（二月）阅读理解精选（14）及答案
维B2 阅读理解(每题2分，满分分)
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难度系数：★★★★★
We're fortunate to live along a monarch butterfly migration path.Every fall，thousands of them fly through our backyard，headed south for the winter.We always thought that a butterfly with a broken wing was a sad sight，but one we could do nothing about.We were wrong! Jeannette Brandt was bike riding near Hadley，in the southern Adirondacks of New York，a few weeks ago when she spotted an injured monarch butterfly and took it home in an empty water bottle.Brandt and her partner，Mike Parwana，fed the butterfly rotting pears and water sweetened with honey.The butterfly survived，and fattened up.But what to do about the broken wing?
The couple found an online video demonstrating butterfly wing repair which was posted by the nonprofit Live Monarch Foundation of Boca Raton，Florida.Tiny cardboard splints and contact cement did the trick.In another week，the butterfly was flying at the couple's home.But by then，it was too cold in upstate New York to release the monarch into the wild.Monarchs are known for their 3,000 miles migration from Canada to Mexico.But this migration is usually finished by the end of October，and it was midNovember.
About a week ago，the couple put the monarch in a shoebox and went to Scotty's，a truck stop north of Albany，NY.Eventually，a goodnatured trucker from Alabama，who was headed to Florida，volunteered to transport the monarch to the Sunshine State.Last Tuesday，the trucker called.The butterfly with the mended wing had been released in Florida，now free to join millions of other monarch butterflies migrating south to the mountains of central Mexico.
Note：
cardboard splints and contact cement薄纸夹板和接触粘合剂
【语篇解读】 本文记叙的是一对美国夫妇和一位卡车司机救助一只在迁徙中翅膀受伤的帝王蝶的故事。
1．We can learn from Paragraph One that the butterfly ________.
A．was hit by a motorbike
B．was noticed by a US woman
C．would spend winter in Hadley
D．was too old to go on flying
答案 B [细节理解题。根据第一段第五句“Jeannette Brandt...when she spotted an injured monarch butterfly...”可知，这只受伤的帝王蝶是由一位美国妇女发现的。]
2．The main problem of the butterfly's wing was ________.
A．how to treat the illness of the butterfly
B．how to keep the butterfly at home
C．how to help the butterfly reach Mexico
D．how to get the butterfly's favorite food
答案 C [推理判断题。根据第二段第四句“But by then，it was...into the wild”和第五句“Monarchs are known...from Canada to Mexico”可知，蝴蝶翅膀修复以后，主要的困难就是如何帮助它到达墨西哥以完成迁徙。]
3．According to the last paragraph，the couple went to Scotty's to ________.
A．ask help from truck drivers
B．release the butterfly there
C．attract the attention of the public
D．ask for experts' advice
答案 A [推理判断题。由最后一段可知，在一位好心的卡车司机的帮助下，这只帝王蝶赶上了浩荡的蝴蝶迁徙队伍。]
4．What does the author seem to agree?
A．It is useless to learn to repair insects' wings.
B．A monarch butterfly's wings are likely to get hurt.
C．A monarch butterfly can be kept as a pet.
D．It is quite possible to repair a butterfly's wings.
答案 D [细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“We always thought...do nothing about”和第四句“We were wrong”，再联系本文故事可知，作者认为修复蝴蝶翅膀是完全可能的。]
维C 阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)
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Mankind evolved
to possess the fightorflight stress response，allowing us to survive in a dangerous world.Yet in today's manmade jungle，it has become one of our greatest killers.
Even simple tasks，such as driving to work，are often compounded by emotional responses: expletives hurled，fists shaken in anger and aggressive threats made toward other drivers.We forget to turn off our nature and instead allow stress，anger and frustration to take physical control of our bodies.
Why Stress，Anger and Frustration are Problematic
The problem with stress and anger in the modern world is that most stressful or frustrating scenaries do not require an active physical response.There are no lions or tigers to escape，only imaginary ones.Our inactivity in the face of stress or frustration causes most of us not to recognize that our fightorflight response system has been started.Our bodies often exist in a state of constant panic，and the chemicals and hormones released into the blood become toxic，resulting in heart disease，arthritis，osteoporosis，diabetes and certain cancers.The_biological_response_that_has_helped_to_keep_us_from_becoming_prey_for_thousands_of_years_is_now_preying_upon_us.
How to Keep Stress，Anger and Frustration from Killing You
The first thing to do in the battle against stress and anger is to recognize them.Recognizing triggers and physical responses to stressful situations can help you reduce them.Once you recognize that a stressful situation has triggered a physiological response，the best way to bring the body back into a homeostatic_state is through physical activity.Walking，running，biking，jumping or any energetic activity will help bring the body back into equilibrium.While it may seem strange to do 100 jumping jacks after a stressful meeting or go for a jog after getting into an argument with your wife，it can save your life.It only feels unnatural because our environment is unnatural.Don't let stress，anger or frustration eat at you.Fight back through exercise.
Notes：
①frustration n．挫折 ②equilibrium n．平衡
长短句分析：Our bodies often exist in a state of constant panic，and the chemicals and hormones released into the blood become toxic，resulting in heart disease，arthritis，osteoporosis，diabetes and certain cancers.
句法点睛：and前后为顺承关系，resulting是动名词形式作结果状语。
句意：我们的身体常常处于一种持续的恐慌状态，这使得化学物质和释放入血液中的荷尔蒙变得有毒，从而导致心脏病、关节炎、骨质疏松症、糖尿病和某些癌症。
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了面对压力、愤怒和挫折，人们最佳的应对方法——进行体育活动。
1．Which of the following isn't mentioned in the passage as the expression of emotional response during driving to work?
A．Expletives hurled.
B．Sweat all over.
C．Fists shaken in anger.
D．Aggressive threats.
答案 B [细节理解题。由第二段第一句“Even simple tasks，such as driving to work，are often compounded by emotional responses：expletives hurled，fists shaken in anger and aggressive threats made toward other drivers.”可知，A项、C项和D项都在文中有信息支持，只有B项未提及。]
2．What can we infer from the underlined sentence?
A．Our biological response is not as useful as before.
B．There is something wrong with our biological response.
C．Our biological response now affects us in a bad way.
D．Our biological response now makes us the prey of other livings.
答案 C [推理判断题。这句话直译是“数千年来使得我们成为捕猎者的生物反应现在反过来使得我们成为被捕猎者”。意味着以前帮助我们生存的生物反应现在使得我们在生存中变得十分被动，因而C项正确。其他选项均不合语境。]
3．Find out a word which has the similar meaning with the underlined phrase in this passage.
A．Equilibrium.
B．Stressful.
C．Unnatural.
D．Frustrating.
答案 A [词义猜测题。由语境可知，使身体回到“homeostatic state”的最好方式是进行体育活动。后面一句对上文进行了进一步解说。equilibrium和homeostatic state是同义词。]
4．Which of the following is NOT the right way to keep you from stress，anger and frustration?
A．Do jumping jacks.
B．Go for a jog.
C．Have a walk.
D．Stay at home doing nothing.
答案 D [推理判断题。由最后一段最后两句“Don't let stress，anger or frustration eat at you.Fight back through exercise.”可知，击败压力、愤怒和挫折的最好办法是进行体育活动。选项中只有D项不是体育活动。]
维D 单词拼写(每小题1分，满分10分)
根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在横线上写出对应单词的正确、完整形式，每空只写一词。
1．Some friends of hers attended her ________(生日)party last Saturday.
2．________(出席) at the meeting were high officials from Russia.
3．Now，sir，could you tell me your name and ________(地址)?
4．Recently，we have held a ________(圣诞节) party and got together with foreign students.
5．I really ________(钦佩) students' hard work and perseverance.
6．We caught a young man ________(偷窃) a watch from the counter.
7．If I ________(碰巧) to meet an injured person，I would do first aid.
8．It is bad for you to offer ________(香烟) to others.
9．Upon arrival，we began to plant young trees ________(立刻)．
10．The ________(奖) went to a Hollywood actor last year.
答案 1.birthday 2.Present 3.address 4.Christmas
5．admire 6.stealing 7.happened 8.cigarettes 9.immediately/instantly 10.award/prize